*'''1881--'''Dolores County was created 19 February 1881 from [[Ouray County, Colorado|Ouray]] County. '''County seat:''' Dove Creek <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

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[http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/schools/teachcerts/dolores.htm Colorado State Archives] has put an index of the Dolores County teachers who were approved to teach in the county by the County Superintendent of Schools for the years 1881-1923 on-line.&nbsp;&nbsp; This list shows their name and may include the date, type of teaching certificate they possess, their age and nativity.

*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=205309&subject_disp=Colorado%2C+Dolores&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog for this county].

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Colorado State Archives has put an index of the Dolores County teachers who were approved to teach in the county by the County Superintendent of Schools for the years 1881-1923 on-line. This list shows their name and may include the date, type of teaching certificate they possess, their age and nativity.